About before changed the genre, dunno why death metal according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory_(band) (death metal early)First album Ambang Kepunahan (death metal) is not available anywhere for download, I think now sold out.

No, I mean maybe you need to delete the band page of Purgatory coz they're nu-metal. I confused since I saw on Wikipedia, it says that they played death metal first on first album. I never heard the first album Ambang Kepunahan, there are no samples anywhere to listen. So maybe you remove the band page, or you believe without listen to first album? If believe, as genre change request, you can change into "Death Metal (early), Nu-Metal (later)". If not, you can remove Purgatory.

Sure, it took me ten seconds to find this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TwkpDCVdRMOn a side note, the tracklist in that sampler is different from the one listed now, any idea where the latter comes from and which one is correct?

Why was Chimp Spanner removed? Are they considered more "djent" than metal?

By the way, this thread is where users ask why a band was accepted, and where users suggest its deletion. For asking why a band was removed from the site, the correct thread would be this one: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64985

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Although I've reviewed the FAQ section many times, I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this question, and I appreciate this is an on-going issue..., but I'd like to ask:- Why is Keel listed as "heavy metal"? Not sure if everyone will agree, but they seem to me too much rockish, and,- Why is Europe not listed?I know the rules..., it's just that Keel have no metal riffs or anything actually metal - they even covered Because the night; on the other hand..., I accept Europe based most of their career on hard rock, but their first 2 albums are heavy metal, plain and simple.

Was trying to find some background information or discussion about the case of Europe, but couldn't find anything...

Deleted José Andrëa. The only album consists to 90% of covers, one single original ballad at the end isn't really enough.

paradisebeyond wrote:

Hello All,

Long time viewer, rather new to the forum though.

Although I've reviewed the FAQ section many times, I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this question, and I appreciate this is an on-going issue..., but I'd like to ask:- Why is Keel listed as "heavy metal"? Not sure if everyone will agree, but they seem to me too much rockish, and,- Why is Europe not listed?I know the rules..., it's just that Keel have no metal riffs or anything actually metal - they even covered Because the night; on the other hand..., I accept Europe based most of their career on hard rock, but their first 2 albums are heavy metal, plain and simple.

Was trying to find some background information or discussion about the case of Europe, but couldn't find anything...

Thanks.

I don't know much about either band, except the names, so I can't really help you there. I do however know that Europe has been brought up before and the verdict was always the same. Perhaps either might benefit from another review, though.

I changed Keel's genre from "heavy metal" to "heavy metal/hard rock" after consulting with failsafeman. Seems more accurate.

Thank you both buddies.

Personally speaking I would take Keel out - riffs are hard rock, lyrics are hard rock, and even quite dodgy for hard rock standards.

I know this issue (why Keel and not Europe) must be a common one, but one can't listen to Europe's instrumental tracks and claim it's hard rock, it's heavy metal and sounds similar to Gotham City or other bands from Sweden.

Their nearly 42-minute demo is available for download on their Bandcamp, they've got nice cover art, a real logo, and as I'm listening now this sounds like a fairly professional release, so they meet our guidelines for valid digital release. In case you weren't aware, we started accepting bands with digital-only releases under more strict guidelines than those bands with physical releases. From the rules:

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Valid Digital Releases?While physical releases are preferred, digital distribution is now more than common and predominant, and as of 2013, we are now also accepting digital-only releases -- with some caveats. Here are criteria for a band's digital release to be accepted:

Official Distribution: The album must be available through an official and/or permanent (as "permanent" as Internet sites go, anyway) channel. This means sending us a link to a Mediafire-hosted .rar file is not good enough (could be faked too easily). You must show us where this album is hosted (such as a band's official site, a serious digital distributor, etc.) Note, this does not mean free albums are excluded.Quality Download: No streaming-only (such as on MySpace or YouTube); the digital album must be available as a full high-quality download, preferably in lossless format.Length of material: The album must be a full-length. There is no hard-defined cut-off, as that would be arbitrary: a good guideline, however, would be roughly 30 minutes of original material. This is to avoid the kind of bands that have a lazy "promo single", or a "3 song EP", of which 2 are covers, for instance. Expect moderator discretion for evaluating this. An EP may be accepted depending on the situation. Two EPs are better than one, for sure.Fixed tracklist: The album must have a fixed tracklisting. An assorted bunch of songs posted every now and then on ReverbNation is not an "EP" or a "demo". Another song posted later is not "demo 2". And so on.Final mix: No rehearsals, raw promos, rough mixes of any kinds are accepted for digital releases. Only finished, professional albums.Cover art: The album should ideally have a cover art, since it serves as a visual identifier for a collection of songs and can be used for making a DIY physical release, should the buyer want the songs on a CD for his/her personal collection. If the digital release has a fully defined cover (and preferably not just a logo on a white background), it will go a long way into making it more serious. Liner notes and inserts are even better.

They're apparently included as side projects of Peter Bjärgö, but he isn't really a famous-enough musician for most metalheads to particularly care about his solo work (his most well-known band is Crypt of Kerberos, which was originally only active for three years and has only released one full-length album to date... he's actually released more stuff with Sophia and Arcana than all of his metal bands combined).

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there are post-black metal bands such as ...Sunn O.

When did we start calling Sunn O))) black metal and how soon can we stop?

Nah, the real reason why you'll never be offered a modship is because you're an Australian, and Alhadis single-handedly filled all the five-mods-per-country-at-the-very-most positions Australia could have with his tendency to never sleep.

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